Iran dissidents organise protests and talk to the world on Twitter

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It has come as a surprise to many, not least to Iran’s regime, just how effectively the country’s young population has been able to articulate and organise opposition protest on the web.

New technologies have turned yesterday’s flashmob into today’s political rally. With elements of the Iranian mobile phone system disabled, the internet has become the organising medium for the opposition and Facebook and Twitter the tools of choice to communicate and organise dissent.

Some inside Iran have clearly being using the micro-blogging service to try to organise the protests. “After yesterday million-large protests, continue your peaceful protests today in